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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Day 7 Photos: Census 2010

Thursday, 9-16-2010

Day two of the census. This time with no rain.

Lynn being helped by another gentleman, Jose. Though Tito is still accompanying her.

Duck friends!

Making our way to the first house of the day

Not sure who is helping who

**NOTE about the census: There were several things that really stood out today when taking the census. For example, at most places the whole family was not at the house. Most of the time at least one person was out in the fields working. Some of the children were at school and others just weren’t there. I also saw a lot of young moms and moms who had given birth at a young age. Something else that was interesting, and I personally think a little weird, were the old men who have young wives. In total, we visited 55 families on this day.

Daniel (51) and his wife Francisca (52) live here with 5 children. Daniel is a Delegate of the Word in San Francisco. Erika (in yellow) is a member of the youth group who I met in the spring.

Reyna (31) lives with her husband Jose (21) in Daniel's house (Daniel is Jose's father)

Gloria (66) lives here with two children and three grandchildren

Our entourage

Lynn being helped by yet another gentleman (her 3rd :-)

The stove in someone's house. This is the way most stoves look in the cantons.

Maria (71), on the left, lives here with her husband Catalino (74) and their two children

Someone pointed out that we had the same color eyes (blue)

Maria (34) lives here with her husband (35) and 4 children

Maria's cute little baby, Erick (2 months)

Sandra (30) lives here with her father (60), her two sisters, and her two children. Sandra accompanied us all three days we did the census.

These two girls walked with us quite a ways

Maria (24) lives here with her husband Andres (31) and three children

Walking to another house

Jose (45) lives here with his four children

Vicitacion (84) lives here with his nephew (36), niece, and his niece's children.

They are standing by two giant water collection tanks.

Angelia (39) lives here with her husband Ricardo (49) and their 9 children. Their youngest child is 23 who Angelia had when she was 16.

Kitty!

Reyna (36) lives here with her husband (35) and five children

Guillermo (87) and Maria (70) live here together

Cow friends!

Holding a tiny kitten!!

Lynn holding her friend's baby girl

Consuelo (26) lives here with her husband Guillermo (29) and three children

Making our way up the road

Holding Maria's little girl, Maria (6 months)

Maria (26) lives here with her husband Manuel (35) and their three children

Teresa (68) lives here with her daughter and two grandchildren. Teresa is Maria's (from the previous picture) mom

Walking up another hill

Oscar (39) lives here with his five children

A typical canton house

This cute little baby was afraid of the gringos

Lus (30) lives here with her husband Brijido (35) and five children

Maria (45) lives here with her two grandchildren

Brijido (72) lives here with his three grandchildren

Rosa (36) lives here with her husband Arnaldo (39) and three children

Juan (52) lives here by himself

Getting ready to meet the next family

Maria (42) lives here with four children

Walking to the next house

Mariana (74) lives here with three grandchildren

Cecilia (15) lives here with her husband Alberto (23), their son, and her husband's brother.

She is one of the youngest moms I met during this trip

Flor de Maria (32) lives here with her husband Isidro (34) and their four children and a 5th on the way

Juan (29) and Zulma (29) live here with their four children. The two youngest girls are twins. They are one of two sets of twins I know of in San Francisco.

Delmy (30) lives with her husband Wilfredo (32) and two children

Jan (87) lives with her husband Jesus (73) and grandchild

Some of the students at the school in San Francisco holding the stickers that the Presbyterian Women's Eve Circle collected and sent down

Maria (40) and her husband Alfredo (57) are new to the community of San Francisco

Maria (67) lives with her brother, her daughter, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild

Nuvia (34) lives here with her husband Francisco (35) and three children

Miguel (60) lives here with his wife Migdalia and 8 children

Bathroom in San Francisco

Mission co-worker at rest

Lynn put her rain poncho on to scare off the rain

Miguel (59) lives with his Ana (44)

Niwman (29) lives with his wife Maria (21) and their two children

Mercedes (27) lives with her husband Ruben (23) and two children

Dolores (41) lives with his wife Rina (36) and their two children

Miguel (33) lives with his wife Estela (25) and their three children

Miguel & Estela's youngest son, Jose (2)

Maria (44) lives with her husband Jose (46) and five children. The twin girls, Zulma and Veronica (18) are members of the youth group who I met in the spring. The older boy in back, William (23) is also a member of the youth group.

Maria (44) lives here with her husband Luis (43) and two children. Their son, Ernesto (21) is a member of the youth group who I met in the spring. Their daughter, Wendy (11) has Down's Syndrome.

Lynn holding another baby

Maria (49) lives with her husband Luis (48) and three children

Martha (18) lives with her husband Luis (18) and their two children (the little girl she's holding and the little girl holding the stuffed dog).